Chapter 177: Chapter 12: The Battle between Curse and Spiritual Power
Although as a guest, it is impolite to wander around without the host's permission.
But now Tamayo and Yushiro have entered the laboratory and started experiments on Kotori Itsuka blood, so it is not a good idea to disturb them.
What's more, there are no secrets worth hiding in this mansion.
So Tanjiro Kamado, who was temporarily staying here, did not refuse his boss's request and brought Kotori Itsuka to the basement of the mansion.
Although it is a basement, it is not dark or damp.
There were some sundries and boxes piled up inside, and I had no idea what they were filled with.
On the other side of the debris was a cell surrounded by iron bars.
Inside the cell, a man with talismans on his eyes and his body tied up with layers of chains was lying on the operating table, roaring out of his mouth.
"The patient Ms. Tamayo is treating is this gentleman."
Tanjiro Kamado pointed at the bound man in the cell and handed the key hanging on the wall to Kotori Itsuka: "About a week or two ago, I accidentally met Muzan while on a mission in Asakusa. In order to create chaos and escape, he turned this innocent passerby into a Demons. Before he went crazy and wanted to eat people, I controlled him."
The desire for human flesh is the instinct of every Demons.
Especially after accepting the blood of Muzan, humans who have become Demons will be overwhelmed by the desire for blood and lose their self awareness until their appetite is satisfied and they can regain their sanity.
As for the Demons in the basement, it was controlled before eating people and its appetite was not satisfied, so it could only be tied up here and forced to receive Tamayo treatment.
At present, Tamayo has not yet developed a drug that can turn demons into humans, but she has developed a drug that can get rid of the curse carried by Muzan cells and improve the diet of demons.
However, these medicines do not take effect immediately, and Tamayo herself has spent a lot of time and energy to transform into what she is now.
This is actually good news for Kotori Itsuka.
Taking the key, opening the cell door, and Kotori Itsuka walked in.
"Flesh and blood! Flesh and blood!"
Sensing someone approaching, the Demons tied to the bed reacted violently.
Although he did not eat human flesh after becoming a Demons, he regained some consciousness during the treatment period.
However, this awareness was unable to resist the body's instincts. Not only could it not be suppressed, it even made his behavior more violent.
"You should go out first. Your presence here will not be conducive to my experiment." Kotori Itsuka instructed, "By the way, lend me your Nichirin Sword."
Although he didn't know what Kotori Itsuka was planning to do, Tanjiro Kamado didn't ask any questions and handed her the Nichirin sword at his waist.
After reminding with a slightly worried look not to cause any harm, he obediently left the basement.
As the basement door closed and the human scent disappeared, the Demons on the bed's struggles weakened a little.
"Want to eat human flesh? Say five words to me, and I'll let you eat human flesh."
Kotori Itsuka walked to the operating table and tried to communicate.
She didn't care whether the Demons agreed or not, and continued to say, "Repeat after me, Demons King is miserable."
Hearing this name, the Demons, who was craving for nourishment from flesh and blood, instinctively felt another emotion.
fear.
He wants to eat humans because he has Muzan cells in his body.
The reason for this fear is the curse attached to Muzan cells.
Muzan Kibutsujiis the ancestor of all Demons. In front of any Demons, no matter it is an ordinary Demons or a twelve demon moon, he has the power of life and death.
The reason is precisely because of the curse carried by the Muzan cells in the evil spirit's body.
If any Demons dares to speak his name or has the slightest thought of leaking his information, the curse in the Demons's body will be automatically triggered.
At that time, the Muzan cells in the Demons ' bodies will no longer give them power, but will instead become the gods of death that devour their lives.
At this moment, even though he was not very conscious, the Demons on the bed could still feel the warning from the curse.
Don't say that name.
However, precisely because it had little consciousness, the Demons's desire for food overwhelmed its fear.
"Demons King..."
His voice was hoarse as he was about to pronounce the name.
However, the curse on Muzan cells was activated first.
"ah----!"
The blood vessels on the Demons face and neck bulged, making him look extremely hideous.
As the curse was activated, an arm made of flesh and blood emerged from his body, attempting to crush his head.
But Kotori Itsuka was well prepared.
The Sun Blade was unsheathed and cut off the giant hand made of flesh and blood.
But soon, due to the continuous proliferation of Muzan cells, the severed giant hand was quickly repaired.
However, time has been bought.
"I hope you can bear it."
Kotori Itsuka mind moved, and purple self-healing flames burned on her hands.
The manic power exudes a chilling aura.
But Kotori Itsuka did not hesitate and put her hands on the demon.
The next moment, the Demons entire body was burning with purple flames.
"Aa ...
The raging fire of hell burned his entire body, and the pain that penetrated deep into his bones made the Demons on the bed scream miserably.
At the beginning, just a tiny flame penetrating into Tanjiro Kamado body was enough to make him feel excruciating pain.
Now, the manic spiritual power belonging to Kotori Itsuka was continuously injected into the Demons's body. If Demons' resistance to pain was not far beyond that of ordinary people, he would probably have fainted by now.
This Demons's body has become a battlefield.
Two forces were fiercely fighting inside his body.
The curse of Muzan Kibutsuji and the self-healing flame of Kotori Itsuka, one wants to destroy this body, the other wants to heal this body.
The Demons's skin kept cracking, and then being healed by the purple flames, cracking, recovering, cracking again, and recovering again...
But soon, the winner was decided.
The curse carried by Muzan cells is ultimately rootless, a power that is triggered once and for all.
However, Kotori Itsuka self healing flame is endless and can be maintained as long as her spiritual power is not exhausted.
The flames eventually consumed the power of the curse bit by bit.
The giant hand that emerged from the Demons's body eventually turned into a pool of blood as the power of the curse gradually weakened.
The curse carried by Muzan cells disappeared.
But Muzan cells still exist in the demon's body.
Under the dual repair of Muzan cells and self-healing flame, the tattered body of the Demons on the bed quickly recovered.
Although, this Demons could no longer bear the pain and lost consciousness in the battle between the two forces just now.
"very good."
Looking at the demon who retained Muzan cells but was no longer controlled by Muzan, Kotori Itsuka said with satisfaction.
"The experiment was successful."